Category: Whats On

Summer Swimming Courses

The Dollan Aqua Centre will be running Summer Crash Courses during the summer holidays, dates are Week beginning 3rd July 10th July 17th July 24th July 31st July and 7th August. The crash courses will run Monday- Friday. Cost for the course is £26.50. Concessions apply. Please see below for details and level requirements for […]

Welcoming a Special Guest

One of Scotland’s greatest ever runners is coming to Blantyre this week. Yvonne Murray MBE will be dropping by the Livingstone Memorial Church on Glasgow Road this Wednesday 31st May at 7pm, as special guests of the fantastic ‘Sporting Memories Group’. Yvonne is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 […]

Livingstone Birthplace Events

A fabulous weekend of events kicks off this Saturday 27th May at David Livingstone Birthplace with “Chief Chebe’s Magical Music”. The venue is the grounds at the museum, just off Station Road from 11am – 3pm. The event is free. Get involved, play music and let your imagination roam free!’

Blantyre Psychic Night

A fantastic fundraiser evening is planned at Blantyre Vics! Come along and enjoy an amazing night hosted by the very talented psychic medium, Carol McGee. Fundraising is in aid of supporting Blantyre Victoria’s 2009 football teams. The event takes place on Thursday 25th May 2023 from 7.30pm until 10pm with tickets £15. More information can […]

Bookbug Week 2023

Today, Monday 15th May marks the start of Bookbug week 2023. To celebrate, some of the children at Blantyre’s Calderside Nursery were out in the local community to leave books for some lucky people to find, read, share, keep or simply re-hide again for others. A spokesperson for the nursery told Blantyre Telegraph, “A fantastic […]

Amazing Gift for Glasgow Singer

Here’s the incredible story of how a pop star bought a Glasgow musician the most amazing gift this week! Glasgow singer, Gregor Hunter Coleman, who often sings in the city’s ‘Wunderbar’, had just finished playing his set in the popular bar when he was called over to meet the US singer Post Malone, who had […]

Parkville’s Got Talent – Winner 2023

After weeks of showcasing incredible local talent, The Parkville’s fantastic talent competition has come to an end last night in a stunning £1,000 Grand Final! The Parkville added, “The standard of our Parkville’s Got Talent Competition was incredible, and our esteemed judges had the near-impossible task of picking our sensational winner 16-year-old Paris Gillespie!! Not […]